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Amyl And The Sniffers – Self-Titled

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard My ongoing, if somewhat unintentional, quest to find new things that fall loosely into the area of punk in 2019 has led me to a new and nicely scuzzy low, thanks to Aussie quartet Amyl And The Sniffers. Originally based out of Melbourne their first album proper, a self-titled affair following EPs Big Attraction and Giddy Up (now available combined into an ‘album’ of...
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Coastal Fire Dept – Control

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Over the last five years, since their rather inauspicious debut supporting Last Of The Light Brigade, the world’s finest (and possibly only) purveyors of self-styled ‘Grunge From The Vale’, Coastal Fire Dept, have been through something of a rotating cast of line ups centred on frontman and chief songwriter Ollie Goddard. More recently though they have, comparatively, settled on a core line up of...
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Subhumans – Crisis Point

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard From the moment Trotsky’s frantic, classic punk, drumming, of Terrorist In Waiting open Subhumans latest album, Crisis Point, it’s clear that, despite being the best part of four decades into their career the band have as much drive, power and passion as any punk band out there today. I’ll admit that I’m late getting to Subhumans as a band, having only listened to them...
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JOHN (aka JOHN TIMESTWO) – Out Here On The Fringes

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The last couple of years have seen a strong return for noisy, abstract, ‘post punk’ style rock from the UK continuing an on and off trend that began in the late 1970s and has rumbled along in the underground ever since with occasional brushes with the mainstream. Added to that list comes JOHN (aka JOHN TIMESTWO if you’re trying to find them online anywhere)...
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Those Fucking Snowflakes – U Ok Hun? (EP)

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Hot on the heels of their debut single Stop Being Dickheads To Each Other, Blackpool post rock trio Those Fucking Snowflakes are back with their debut EP, U Ok Hun? Things begin with the aforementioned single that I’ve already discussed elsewhere (read that by clicking here) and then continue with the equally brilliantly named Vegan Sausage Rolls VS Gammon Faced Vampires. This largely continues...
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